Interview · moment 27 of 29
Would Tim Thrive in LA's Lack of Community?
from 158 - Leaving Hell · #158
2 min
Guest
Ray speculates Tim would actually thrive in LA's isolating, non-communal culture, contrasted with LA's manufactured attempts at soulfulness versus New York's genuine texture.
- LA has a community at the Comedy Store, but the city itself is so vast that you really have to be okay with not meeting people immediately.
- Tim thinks he might actually like that there's no real community in LA—it's just what it is.
- New York has a soulful quality to its community that people are trying to recreate, but LA isn't trying to do that at all.
- LA is just pedal to the metal, nothing soulful—they'd only care if you put french fries in the burritos.
- When Tim moved to LA, someone texted him "welcome to hell"—describing it as the desert, the last leg of the journey.